Clear and comprehensive overview of developments so vast and influential they really are difficult to take in. Almost everything we take for granted today has antecedents in all the organizational and scientific advancements of the war and immediate post war period. Cybernetics, which now extends to all facets of life in different guises, grew out of R&D on anti aircraft missile systems
Absolutely. Psychobabble is one of its offsprings, this is why I attack it so boldly. (To mention just one: Carl Rogers received funding by the CIA to fight the commies).
The worst use of it is not when others judge others, it is in the self-diagnosis.
It will be either a self-policing/self-control which takes the role of what once was Religion of the Western guilt culture. "I'm not producing enough" - "I'm not enjoying enough" - "I'm not fitting in".
OR it will be a blame-shifting game. "It's not me who is a bastard, who lacks character, who has interest in nothing" it is the OCD, ADHD, BPD, tism' bla bla bla
Once our patient are sure of it he will seek professional help. In some cases he/she talked with a friend/relative/partner, those instead of helping, tell our poor patient to seek professional help.
Our dear patient goes to the psycho-neuro-wathever (it's all the same at this point). High are the chances the expert responsible for the patient is a mediocre one, so he will make up a diagnosis, then pass some meds and practice thereapy sessions that will solve absolutely nothing.
Our patient may say he/she is satisfied in the first weeks, but the hell inside will explode as a volcano soon... more meds!
Oh, speaking of mediocre expert, they are introducing AI to the field in order to help with diagnosis, it probably will all be covered by AI soon, including the talking therapy, that's what chatbots will be for.
It probably will be at home, the phone will capture a sad face and start the therapy with our poor brave new patient.
To make a Philip K. Dick fall in wonder!.. on his grave.
It was an incredibly transformative moment - difficult to fully appreciate as you say. Though a lot of this is due to the U.S. bursting out of its cocoon as a superpower at this exact time.
Clear and comprehensive overview of developments so vast and influential they really are difficult to take in. Almost everything we take for granted today has antecedents in all the organizational and scientific advancements of the war and immediate post war period. Cybernetics, which now extends to all facets of life in different guises, grew out of R&D on anti aircraft missile systems
Absolutely. Psychobabble is one of its offsprings, this is why I attack it so boldly. (To mention just one: Carl Rogers received funding by the CIA to fight the commies).
The worst use of it is not when others judge others, it is in the self-diagnosis.
It will be either a self-policing/self-control which takes the role of what once was Religion of the Western guilt culture. "I'm not producing enough" - "I'm not enjoying enough" - "I'm not fitting in".
OR it will be a blame-shifting game. "It's not me who is a bastard, who lacks character, who has interest in nothing" it is the OCD, ADHD, BPD, tism' bla bla bla
Once our patient are sure of it he will seek professional help. In some cases he/she talked with a friend/relative/partner, those instead of helping, tell our poor patient to seek professional help.
Our dear patient goes to the psycho-neuro-wathever (it's all the same at this point). High are the chances the expert responsible for the patient is a mediocre one, so he will make up a diagnosis, then pass some meds and practice thereapy sessions that will solve absolutely nothing.
Our patient may say he/she is satisfied in the first weeks, but the hell inside will explode as a volcano soon... more meds!
Oh, speaking of mediocre expert, they are introducing AI to the field in order to help with diagnosis, it probably will all be covered by AI soon, including the talking therapy, that's what chatbots will be for.
It probably will be at home, the phone will capture a sad face and start the therapy with our poor brave new patient.
To make a Philip K. Dick fall in wonder!.. on his grave.
It was an incredibly transformative moment - difficult to fully appreciate as you say. Though a lot of this is due to the U.S. bursting out of its cocoon as a superpower at this exact time.